Good evening, it's Thursday February 25th. This is the Jive at
Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming, here
on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers a diverse program of NPR,
Pacifica, independent and local public affairs. Each night and weekend WESU
offers the best in free-form community programming. I'm Ben Michael, thank
you for joining us!
Now here's a rundown of what's happening in our area this week:
Here in Middletown, at the Buttonwood Tree, tonight iThe Middlesex
Drum Circle meets for an evening of rhythm. Tomorrow (Friday) evening, Switch
Factory takes the stage for musical improvisation and down-home vocal
harmonies. On Saturday, you can catch a new class of Transitional Tai Chi, in
the morning and the weekly Aligned with Source guided meditation workshop right
after. The Jolly Beggars bring a blend of Celtic folk music and storytelling to
the Buttonwood Saturday evening. www.buttonwood.org
Down in New Haven, at Café Nine tonight Jazz Haven presents the
Jovan Alexandre Quartet. Friday evening, you can catch Jon Cleary & The
Absolute Monster Gentlemen for soulful and funky pop tunes. Café Nine’s weekly
Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam Session is with the George Baker Band and later
Saturday night Manic Production and Café Nine present Greyhounds with Tracy Jo
and the Toads. The Sunday matinee features the band Snake Hill Blues playing a
wide range of blues standards with a rock edge while Sunday evening showcases
Drag Bingo with Robin Banks www.cafenine.com
Also in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, tomorrow (Friday) evening
brings the Bright Night Winterfest 2 to Toad’s Place; Ragepak, Daps, DJ I95,
Gringo Loco and Jorce perform. Also Friday evening, Afton Present the bands Get
Your Bread University, Interstate Underground, Lawnchair Pilots, Madman, Savage
Panda and Yesteryear.
Tonight Pacific Standard Tavern in New Haven hosts The Donavan
Brothers. Saturday night, the bands Consider the Source, Mushroom Cloud, Polluter perform for night of Middle Eastern scales,
psychedelics jams and hard rocking rhythm.
Tonight, Manic Productions in New Haven present artists Del McCoury and David Grisman with Professors of Bluegrass at the College Street Music Hall
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, on Friday, you can catch the
Nick Moss Band originating form Chicago for a show of traditional blues and
progressive blues-rock. Saturday evening, it’s Henricks plays Hendrix, a
musical homage to Jimi Hendrix.
This entire week, the 5th Connecticut Printmakers
Invitational exhibition, Multiple Impressions continues
showcasing various fine artists and designers in Hartford. Artist Alina Gallo
has painted a life-sized egg tempera mural directly on the walls of Real Art
Ways depicting a train station in Budapest where thousands of Syrian and
Afghani refugees were stranded in route to Germany during 2015. The mural is
open through April. http://www.realartways.org/event/february-creative-cocktail-hour/2016-02-18/
Tonight at The Katherine
Heburn Cultural Arts Center, or The Kate, it’s a showing of the National
Theater Live in HD: As You Like It by William Shakespeare. On Saturday, you can
catch Broadway star and Tony-winner Betty Buckley in Concert. Rounding out the
week, it’s The Kate’s annual red-carpet Oscar Party, hosted Sunday evening.
http://katharinehepburntheater.org/
Tonight Wesleyan University
Center for the Arts hosts choreographer, writer and director Ralph Lemon
presenting his new and old works about an imagined South, Ceremonies
Out of the Air. This Friday, in
connection with the exhibition We Chat: A Dialouge in Contemporary Chinese
Art, performance artist Yan Xing will present Tales from a Small New
England Town. This Saturday you can check out the panel discussion,
China’s Youth: Another Cultural Revolution Special. Also this Saturday it’s the
Orchestra Children’s Concert and Musical Petting Zoo. Rounding out the
weekend, This is It! The Complete Piano Works of Neely Bruce
Part VIII performs for a Sunday afternoon show. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
At Russell Library here in
Middletown, The Veteran's Writing Group continues to meet every Thursday, and
this week, author William H. Foster reads from his new book Proud to Be
in the Service a history on African American military service during
World War II. Saturday brings Says Who: A Steven Liskow Writing Workshop on
character creation and screenwriting techniques. The last week of Tai Chi
lessons is this Saturday and on Sunday, the Hip Hop Culture Slam comes to
Russell Library. www.russelllibrary.org
Here in Middletown, tonight
Music at the Hubbard House presents a One Concert/One Child house concert
featuring Anna Mae, Eric Kuhn, and Yousry. The concert
happens at 7:30 at 37 Ridge Road in Middletown. Seating is limited, for
reservations contact rnastamail@aol.com.
This Sunday (February 28) at the
Cypress Restaurant in Middletown, brings the release party for Eric Kuhn's
new album Politics and the kickoff of Eric's campaign for
the presidency. Eric's new album, Politics is a satiric romp
through American politics from 1776 up to today, focusing on the Obama
years.
Now
here's a rundown of cinema, off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:
Up
in Hartford at Real Art Ways, you can catch the final showing of the film Aferim!, a
darkly funny comedy/period piece/Western set in 1835 Romania, and the Oscar Nominated Best Foreign Language Film: A War.
The film Rams, a winner at the Cannes Film Festival about two
estranged brothers in Iceland reuniting to save the family sheep opens Friday
and runs through the weekend. www.realartways.org
Tonight Trinity College’s Cinestudio is National Theater Live
in HD performing Shakespeare’s comedy, As You Like It. www.cinestudio.org
Now here's what's on the air tonight on WESU: as we work our way through the our new Spring Schedule.
Right after the Jive
at Five, stay tuned for 5:05-6:30pm For
Homegrown with Rob DeRosa,
who plays. Connecticut Connected music presented for a global audience. Hey,
It's Homegrown...want some?
At 6:30 stick around for Imagine with Karen Stein, offering peace
through music! Listen to the best music from around the world and around the
block!
Up next at 8 it’s Bill Denert Evening
Jazz with a broad range of
swing, bebop and experimental jazz with a sprinkling of new releases.
From 9:30-10:30pm stay tuned for UnderCover with Ali and Ben exploring the concept
of inspiration through imitation in cover tunes that bridge genres and
generations.
At 10:30 it’s Meet
Music with DJ Rami, who
presents a new artist with each show by delving into artists' backgrounds,
influences, and personal stories.
From 11:30-12:30am The
Weirding Way with DJ Atreides
who explores the expression of thoughts through sound: a cross-genre exploration
of a sonic mood with an indie/alternative focus. New soundscapes each show.
At 12:30 Hard on
the Spot with DJ Matty C and
DJ Nikki brings you the best new music of each week!
From 1:30-2:30am stick around for The Karl Marx History Hour with DJ Fat Marco and DJ Ninjoo
Pinjoo for a history-infused radio show, in which the hosts play tracks
inspired by that episode's historical figure or event.
At you can catch 2:30- R-Evolution with Hyphy and DJ Mos Def Not,
presenting socially-conscious music curated by two divergent musical
backgrounds. From Public Enemy to Lou Reed, they'll explore tracks that give
voice to movement.
The BBC World
Report takes over from 4-5am
and we start each weekday off bright and early with Morning Edition from NPR at 5am.
That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. If you missed anything, you
can find the script online at wesufm.org/jive. And tune in each and every
weekday at 4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community and on the
air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University
since 1939.
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